American Dream Pathfinder

The American Dream Pathfinder

• Clicking on the picture of the Statue of Liberty will take you to a website devoted to the American Dream.
• The following fiction books, non-fiction books, poetry, and plays highlighted here can be found in the media center by using the Destiny Online Card Catalog.
• Clicking on each title of the categories will lead you to a list of resources in that category which connects you to information about each resource or actual text of speeches or lyrics of songs.

Defining the American Dream:	The American Dream in Fiction:
The American Dream in Plays/Films:	The American Dream in Poems/Songs:
The American Dream in Non-fiction:	The American Dream in Speeches:
The American Dream in Art:

Biographies of famous people who have striven for the American Dream can be found in the Online Card Catalog by doing a "subject" search i.e.

• Sports-Biography
• Computer programmers-Biography
• Politicians-Biography

Other Suggested Sources

Check the public library for the following:

Fiction Call It Sleep by Henry Roth Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Plays/Film In America - film Forest Gump - film Fences - August Wilson The Pursuit of Happiness - film Seabiscuit - film Blindside - film Rudy - film Akeelah and the Bee - film